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| NC_DB | Yes | See our database URLs | A local SQLite will be created in root folder |
| DATABASE_URL | No | JDBC URL Format. Can be used instead of NC_DB. Used in 1-Click Heroku deployment| |
| DATABASE_URL_FILE | No | path to file containing JDBC URL Format. Can be used instead of NC_DB. Used in 1-Click Heroku deployment| |
| NC_PUBLIC_URL | Yes | Used for sending Email invitations | Best guess from http request params |
| NC_AUTH_JWT_SECRET | Yes | JWT secret used for auth and storing other secrets | A Random secret will be generated |
| NC_SENTRY_DSN | No | For Sentry monitoring | |
| NC_CONNECT_TO_EXTERNAL_DB_DISABLED | No | Disable Project creation with external database | |
| NC_DISABLE_TELE | No | Disable telemetry | |
| NC_BACKEND_URL | No | Custom Backend URL | ``http://localhost:8080`` will be used |
# Development setup
```
git clone https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb
cd nocodb
# run backend
cd packages/nocodb
npm install
npm run watch:run
# open localhost:8080/dashboard in browser
# run frontend
cd packages/nc-gui
npm install
npm run dev
# open localhost:3000/dashboard in browser
```
Changes made to code automatically restart.
## Running Cypress tests locally
```shell
# install dependencies(cypress)
npm install
# run required services by using docker compose
docker-compose -f ./docker-compose-cypress.yml up
# wait until both 3000 and 8080 porta are avalable
# and run cypress test using following command
npm run cypress:run
# or run following command to run it with GUI
npm run cypress:open
```
# Contributing
- Please take a look at ./contribute/HowToApplyLicense.md
- Ignore adding headers for .json or .md or .yml
# 🎯 Why are we building this ?
Most internet businesses equip themselves with either spreadsheet or a database to solve their business needs. Spreadsheets are used by a Billion+ humans collaboratively every single day. However, we are way off working at similar speeds on databases which are way more powerful tools when it comes to computing. Attempts to solve this with SaaS offerings has meant horrible access controls, vendor lockin, data lockin, abrupt price changes & most importantly a glass ceiling on what's possible in future.
# ❤ Our Mission :
Our mission is to provide the most powerful no-code interface for databases which is open source to every single internet business in the world. This would not only democratise access to a powerful computing tool but also bring forth a billion+ people who will have radical tinkering-and-building abilities on internet.
